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Hey everyone, today we have something different for you, but we think you're going to like it.

It's an episode from our friends it into it, and it's about the 50th anniversary of hip hop.

So you know into it, it's the show that Sam Sanders hosts, and in this episode,

Sam is taking a critical look at hip hop. He's a big fan, but he's also going to look at how the

politics of hip hop have drifted away from its radical origins, and how the genre hasn't really

reckoned with its history of both misogyny and homophobia. If you like what you hear in this episode,

remember you can always get more from Sam and his team at Vulture by following into it in your

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Hey, you're listening to Into It from Vulture in New York magazine. I'm your host Sam Sanders,

and this episode, hip hop at 50. So I am sure you know by now that hip hop is officially

50 years old this year, and it seems everyone is celebrating. There was a big hip hop tribute

at the VMAs earlier this month. The New York Times did this massive interactive package this

year, where they interviewed 50 iconic rappers. Run DMC and Nas and Snoop Dogg, they had a hip hop

anniversary concert at Yankee Stadium.

And all of this celebration and coverage, it has been mostly incredibly positive,

fawning, rose-colored glasses, which has made me wonder, are they seeing what I'm seeing?

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